Crime & Safety
Ex-Cop Who Paid Underage Girls For Sex Heads To Prison
The veteran officer admitted to paying girls, some as young as 14, for sex. Many of the victims were runaways.

CHICAGO, IL — A federal judge Thursday sentenced former Chicago cop William “Willie” Whitley to 25 years in prison for paying underage girls for sex.
Whitley, 62, was ordered to forfeit his pension, valued at more than $350,000, and pay $240,000 into a trust fund for his four victims.
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